Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tejek who wrote (49766)	8/4/2006 11:41:35 AM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

It might seem that way to you but then one only has to look at the GOP response to New Orleans after Katrina. Teddy, Fema was incompetent LONG before Katrina. Ask any CAer. We got the benefit og their earthquake expertise. Tha Salvation Army did better, ferschrissakes!

To: tejek who wrote (49766)	8/4/2006 2:55:40 PM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

<< "It might seem that way to you but then one only has to look at the GOP response to New Orleans after Katrina." >> Which one? The myth you cling to, or reality? Because in reality, the correct response to your question favors the GOP BIG TIME. From Popular Mechanics MYTH: "The aftermath of Katrina will go down as one of the worst abandonments of Americans on American soil ever in U.S. history."--Aaron Broussard, president, Jefferson Parish, La., Meet the Press, NBC, Sept. 4, 2005 REALITY: Bumbling by top disaster-management officials fueled a perception of general inaction, one that was compounded by impassioned news anchors. In fact, the response to Hurricane Katrina was by far the largest--and fastest-rescue effort in U.S. history, with nearly 100,000 emergency personnel arriving on the scene within three days of the storm's landfall. popularmechanics.com POPULAR MECHANICS editors and reporters spent more than four months interviewing officials, scientists, first responders and victims. Here is our report. popularmechanics.com

To: tejek who wrote (49766)	8/7/2006 10:01:10 PM
From: DavesM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

re: "Katrina" Yes Katrina was a mess. President Bush should have relieved the Mayor of New Orleans and the Governor of Louisiana of their responsibilities and completely Federalized the rescue efforts in Katrina. This would have at least prevented the police in Jefferson County from turning evacuees back into New Orleans, and allowed the Red Cross and Salvation Army to feed those who rode out the storm in official shelters (or if relieved before the storm hit, New Orleans' school buses could have been used to evacuate people). "And let me remind you, the last president of the US was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth like your Mr. Bush. And he was a Democrat. Which President are you referring? Clinton? Yes that is true. Just as Reagan, Nixon were not born with silver spoons. re:"I will have to see a creditable link that discusses the disparities you claim before I can believe you. A random sampling of northern and southern cities does not show the kind of segregation differentials you suggest" For Blacks, the least segregated large metro in America is long time conservative bastion, Orange County (California) - birthplace of Richard Nixon. "The top ten most segregated large metropolitan areas were in the older Northeast-Midwest "Rust Belt", which has tended to lose population in recent decades. All but one of the least segregated large metropolitan areas were in the West and South, where metropolitan areas have tended to gain population." "Residential Segregation of Blacks or African Americans: 1980-2000 census.gov "The New Great Migration: Black Americans' Return to the South, 1965-2005" Report: Brookings Institution Bullet Points: "The South scored net gains of black migrants from all three of the other regions of the U.S. during the late 1990s, reversing a 35-year trend." "Southern metropolitan areas, particularly Atlanta, led the way in attracting black migrants in the late 1990s." "Among migrants from the Northeast, Midwest, and West regions, blacks were more likely than whites to select destinations in the South." "College-educated individuals lead the new migration into the South." "After several decades as a major black migrant "magnet", California lost more black migrants than it gained during the late 1990's." brookings.edu